NOLA.com topics: Artstag:topics.nola.com,2015:tag/Arts2015-08-02T19:36:30ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceBrandan 'Bmike' Odums' mural of Albert Woodfoxtag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.164403612015-07-04T00:57:05Z2015-07-04T01:20:55ZArtist-activist Brandan 'Bmike' Odums, known for his large-scale graffiti-style portraits of Civil Rights heroes, is finishing work on a new mural depicting Albert Woodfox, who has been held in solitary confinement in Louisiana State prisons for 40 years. The mural, created in conjunction with Amnesty International USA's Art for Amnesty program, is located at 537 S. Claiborne Ave., near the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. For more of the story read 'Artist Brandan Odums paints mural of prisoner Albert Woodfox' on NOLA.com. Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayunehttp://connect.nola.com/user/dmaccash/index.html
Artist-activist Brandan 'Bmike' Odums, known for his large-scale graffiti-style portraits of Civil Rights heroes, is finishing work on a new mural depicting Albert Woodfox, who has been held in solitary confinement in Louisiana State prisons for 40 years. The mural, created in conjunction with Amnesty International USA's Art for Amnesty program, is located at 537 S. Claiborne Ave., near the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. For more of the story read 'Artist Brandan Odums paints mural of prisoner Albert Woodfox' on NOLA.com.
The new YAYA Arts Center in New Orleanstag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.163725522015-06-24T19:37:18Z2015-06-24T22:54:09Z
Here's a preview tour of the newly finished YAYA Arts Center at 3322 LaSalle St. in Central City New Orleans. The $1.3 million, 6,000 square-ft. building, designed by Byron Mouton, houses furniture, glass and ceramic studios. For 27-years, the YAYA nonprofit organization has provided free after-school art lessons for teens, and other community art services. YAYA artists are known world-wide for their whimsical, one-of-a-kind chairs.
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Here's a preview tour of the newly finished YAYA Arts Center at 3322 LaSalle St. in Central City New Orleans. The $1.3 million, 6,000 square-ft. building, designed by Byron Mouton, houses furniture, glass and ceramic studios. For 27-years, the YAYA nonprofit organization has provided free after-school art lessons for teens, and other community art services. YAYA artists are known world-wide for their whimsical, one-of-a-kind chairs.
Watch: New Orleans Ballet Theatre performs 'Seventh Son'tag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.163189312015-06-18T15:31:09Z2015-06-18T16:42:00ZIn 2014 Marjorie Hardwick Schramel of New Orleans Ballet Theatre set a dance to a single Mose Allison tune, 'Seventh Son.' The experiment was so well received, that the New Orleans choreographer has created a suite of dances around seven songs by the acclaimed pianist. The expanded piece will receive its world premiere at the Civic Theater on June 19, 2015, as part of the troupe's 'Summer Solstice 2' program. (Video by David J. L'Hoste). Chris Waddington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayunehttp://connect.nola.com/user/cwadding/index.html
In 2014 Marjorie Hardwick Schramel of New Orleans Ballet Theatre set a dance to a single Mose Allison tune, 'Seventh Son.' The experiment was so well received, that the New Orleans choreographer has created a suite of dances around seven songs by the acclaimed pianist. The expanded piece will receive its world premiere at the Civic Theater on June 19, 2015, as part of the troupe's 'Summer Solstice 2' program. (Video by David J. L'Hoste).
Jefferson Performing Arts Center is finally readytag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.162976162015-06-16T02:31:16Z2015-06-16T02:31:16Z
Watch as Jefferson Performing Arts Center General Manager Jose Torres, of SMG management, leads a tour of the 1000-seat, $54.5 million state-of-the-art theater. The JPAC will open with a gala June 20, 2015.
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Watch as Jefferson Performing Arts Center General Manager Jose Torres, of SMG management, leads a tour of the 1000-seat, $54.5 million state-of-the-art theater. The JPAC will open with a gala June 20, 2015.
Luna Fete 2, light art coming to Central City in Novembertag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.162765212015-06-12T22:45:47Z2015-06-12T23:01:04ZWatch as Kim Cook, director of the Arts Council of New Orleans, and members of the Portuguese art group Ocubo (Patricia Maya, Luis Tiago Mayer, Ivo Leite, and Andre Dinis Carrilho) discuss the making of the next Luna Fete video mapping project to take place from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5 on the Polymnia Street wall of the Ashe Cultural Arts Center's new Power House theater at 1731 Baronne St. For the whole story, search for 'Luna Fete 2, video art spectacular, coming to Central City in November' on NOLA.com.
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Watch as Kim Cook, director of the Arts Council of New Orleans, and members of the Portuguese art group Ocubo (Patricia Maya, Luis Tiago Mayer, Ivo Leite, and Andre Dinis Carrilho) discuss the making of the next Luna Fete video mapping project to take place from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5 on the Polymnia Street wall of the Ashe Cultural Arts Center's new Power House theater at 1731 Baronne St. For the whole story, search for 'Luna Fete 2, video art spectacular, coming to Central City in November' on NOLA.com.
Ballet Association tag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.160870492015-05-22T18:44:22Z2015-05-22T18:44:22ZSpeakers from Tekrema, New Orleans Black Artists Association and the New Orleans Ballet Association speak during a public meeting. Race, class and the question of who represents authentic New Orleans bubbled up Thursday (May 21) during a hearing about the management of the city's parks system, with those who see themselves as the city's true culture bearers accusing officials of discrimination in access to facilities and contracts.Robert McClendon, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayunehttp://connect.nola.com/user/RobertMcClendon/index.html
Speakers from Tekrema, New Orleans Black Artists Association and the New Orleans Ballet Association speak during a public meeting. Race, class and the question of who represents authentic New Orleans bubbled up Thursday (May 21) during a hearing about the management of the city's parks system, with those who see themselves as the city's true culture bearers accusing officials of discrimination in access to facilities and contracts.
380-foot graffiti-style mural, by Joseph Konert in New Orleans tag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.160692162015-05-21T12:43:30Z2015-05-21T13:11:37ZArtist Joseph Konert believes his 380-foot mural 'Remain in Light' is the longest painting in New Orleans. Executed over 10 days, using 680 to 700 cans of spray paint, the 22-foot-high mural has the spontaneity and jumbo scale of graffiti, though it was painted with permission of the warehouse owner. Look for the mural at I-10 and South Alexander Street in Mid-City.
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Artist Joseph Konert believes his 380-foot mural 'Remain in Light' is the longest painting in New Orleans. Executed over 10 days, using 680 to 700 cans of spray paint, the 22-foot-high mural has the spontaneity and jumbo scale of graffiti, though it was painted with permission of the warehouse owner. Look for the mural at I-10 and South Alexander Street in Mid-City.
Brandan Odums' touching Treme portrait of Travis Hilltag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.159908682015-05-14T00:17:20Z2015-05-14T02:17:14ZWatch as New Orleans muralist Brandan Odums, best known for the spectacular 'ExhibitBe' graffiti environment, uses an age-old technique to add a perfect halo to his portrait of the late Travis 'Trumpet Black' Hill at the corner of N. Claiborne Avenue and Gov. Nicholls Street in Treme. The portrait, Odums said, was based on a photo by Gus Bennett.
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Watch as New Orleans muralist Brandan Odums, best known for the spectacular 'ExhibitBe' graffiti environment, uses an age-old technique to add a perfect halo to his portrait of the late Travis 'Trumpet Black' Hill at the corner of N. Claiborne Avenue and Gov. Nicholls Street in Treme. The portrait, Odums said, was based on a photo by Gus Bennett.
Wilco at the Music Box Roving Village in New Orleanstag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.159228812015-05-06T19:51:26Z2015-05-06T19:51:26Z
Most of the members of Wilco, minus frontman Jeff Tweedy, joined the Music Box Roving Village orchestra for a lagoon-side concert in New Orleans' City Park on April 24, 2015, utilizing unique sculpted musical architecture. The orchestra included New York jazz trumpeter Steven Bernstein of John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, Sean Yseult of White Zombie, Luke Winslow-King, Quintron, Rob Cambre and Dustan Louque. ... For more, search for Alison Fensterstock's story "Wilco in the Woods" on NOLA.com. ... Another incarnation of the Roving Village orchestra performs again on May 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Visit the New Orleans Airlift website for details and tickets.
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Most of the members of Wilco, minus frontman Jeff Tweedy, joined the Music Box Roving Village orchestra for a lagoon-side concert in New Orleans' City Park on April 24, 2015, utilizing unique sculpted musical architecture. The orchestra included New York jazz trumpeter Steven Bernstein of John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, Sean Yseult of White Zombie, Luke Winslow-King, Quintron, Rob Cambre and Dustan Louque. ... For more, search for Alison Fensterstock's story "Wilco in the Woods" on NOLA.com. ... Another incarnation of the Roving Village orchestra performs again on May 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Visit the New Orleans Airlift website for details and tickets.
Chewbacchus, May the 4th be with you 'Shoeboxus' parade 2015tag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.159087302015-05-05T03:00:41Z2015-05-05T03:00:41Z
The science fiction-oriented Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbachus's first 'Shoeboxus' miniature float parade took place in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans on May 4, 2015. The reason a Mardi Gras-style parade was held in Spring is a pun that is popular among Star Wars fans: 'May the Forth be With You.'
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The science fiction-oriented Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbachus's first 'Shoeboxus' miniature float parade took place in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans on May 4, 2015. The reason a Mardi Gras-style parade was held in Spring is a pun that is popular among Star Wars fans: 'May the Forth be With You.'
ExhibitBE artist Brandan Odums at New Orleans Jazz Fest 2015tag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.158809162015-05-02T01:45:11Z2015-05-02T02:39:11ZBrandan 'Bmike' Odums' twin masterpieces 'ProjectBE' and 'ExhibitBE' were Crescent City sensations in 2013 and 2014. With his suites of large-scale spray-painted Civil Rights Movement hero portraits, Odums advocated a form of socially responsible graffiti. Look for the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts graduate near the NOCCA Cultural Exchange Pavilion, on the Acura Stage side of the grounds. For more, search for the Nov. 12, 2014 story 'ExhibitBE, a spectacular outdoor graffiti environment' on NOLA.com.
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Brandan 'Bmike' Odums' twin masterpieces 'ProjectBE' and 'ExhibitBE' were Crescent City sensations in 2013 and 2014. With his suites of large-scale spray-painted Civil Rights Movement hero portraits, Odums advocated a form of socially responsible graffiti. Look for the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts graduate near the NOCCA Cultural Exchange Pavilion, on the Acura Stage side of the grounds. For more, search for the Nov. 12, 2014 story 'ExhibitBE, a spectacular outdoor graffiti environment' on NOLA.com.
First New Orleans Jazz Fest poster artist remembered with opening day second-line tag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.158120342015-04-25T13:20:29Z2015-04-25T13:51:02ZA second-line celebrating artist Bruce Brice, designer of the first New Orleans Jazz Fest poster, took place on Friday (April 24) at 1:55 p.m. The parade culminated in the unveiling of a painted wooden portrait of Brice in the 'Ancestors' area of the festival site near the Congo Square Stage. Brice's son Eben said that believed that his father had provided the comfortably cloudy weather for the parade. Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis called Brice 'a great giant American artist.'
Read Brice's Sept. 15, 2014 obituary 'Artist Bruce Brice, New Orleans Jazz Fest's first poster designer, dies at 72' on NOLA.com.
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A second-line celebrating artist Bruce Brice, designer of the first New Orleans Jazz Fest poster, took place on Friday (April 24) at 1:55 p.m. The parade culminated in the unveiling of a painted wooden portrait of Brice in the 'Ancestors' area of the festival site near the Congo Square Stage. Brice's son Eben said that believed that his father had provided the comfortably cloudy weather for the parade. Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis called Brice 'a great giant American artist.'
Read Brice's Sept. 15, 2014 obituary 'Artist Bruce Brice, New Orleans Jazz Fest's first poster designer, dies at 72' on NOLA.com.
The Music Box Roving Village, scenes from the first showtag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.156394192015-04-04T13:56:29Z2015-04-05T16:26:48ZAs the sun set on the old golf course on the east edge of City Park, chiming, trilling and banging arose from the set of six splintery sculptural structures, imagine Hobbit houses, that rested beside the old golf car paths. The small houses are home to hand-made mechanical musical instruments.
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As the sun set on the old golf course on the east edge of City Park, chiming, trilling and banging arose from the set of six splintery sculptural structures, imagine Hobbit houses, that rested beside the old golf car paths. The small houses are home to hand-made mechanical musical instruments.
Tim Gunn disdains Capitol Hill clothes & fashion fixationtag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.155731102015-03-26T23:33:17Z2015-03-27T01:35:58ZAsked to describe a regional style, 'Project Runway' star Tim Gunn charmingly expressed his disdain for Capitol Hill fashion, which he described as 'a kind of homogenous conformity to ill-fitting clothes, dowdiness for women and frumpiness for men.' Gunn then went on to cite a few notable exceptions to the rule. Gunn appeared at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) convention in New Orleans, March 26, 2015.
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Asked to describe a regional style, 'Project Runway' star Tim Gunn charmingly expressed his disdain for Capitol Hill fashion, which he described as 'a kind of homogenous conformity to ill-fitting clothes, dowdiness for women and frumpiness for men.' Gunn then went on to cite a few notable exceptions to the rule. Gunn appeared at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) convention in New Orleans, March 26, 2015.
Visit Tennessee Williams' first New Orleans apartment tag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.154946192015-03-17T19:53:00Z2015-03-18T16:58:30ZWatch as Historic New Orleans Collection curator Mark Cave takes us on a tour of what's left of Tennessee Williams first New Orleans apartment at 722 Toulouse St.
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Watch as Historic New Orleans Collection curator Mark Cave takes us on a tour of what's left of Tennessee Williams first New Orleans apartment at 722 Toulouse St.
Big Freedia meets the Big Easy Rollergirls tag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.154770312015-03-15T20:28:53Z2015-03-15T20:28:53Z
The Crescent City's beloved bounce star Big Freedia strapped on a pair of skates and led the Big Easy Roller Girls Allstars in a few victory laps around the rink at the UNO Human Performance Center Saturday (March 14) to the delight of all in attendance. It was the capper on an inspired matchup of the New Orleans Roller Derby 2015 season opener and the recording of Big Freedia's upcoming video of the bounce track 'Dangerous.'
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The Crescent City's beloved bounce star Big Freedia strapped on a pair of skates and led the Big Easy Roller Girls Allstars in a few victory laps around the rink at the UNO Human Performance Center Saturday (March 14) to the delight of all in attendance. It was the capper on an inspired matchup of the New Orleans Roller Derby 2015 season opener and the recording of Big Freedia's upcoming video of the bounce track 'Dangerous.'
Upbeat utility box art in Gentilly by Joseph Stewardtag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.154195362015-03-09T17:04:28Z2015-03-09T18:22:03ZWatch as New Orleans artist Joseph Stewart paints a landscape on the utility box near the corner of Gentilly Boulevard and Franklin Avenue. Stewart's painting is part of the The Street Art Gallery sponsored by the neighborhood beautification organization Community Visions Unlimited.
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Watch as New Orleans artist Joseph Stewart paints a landscape on the utility box near the corner of Gentilly Boulevard and Franklin Avenue. Stewart's painting is part of the The Street Art Gallery sponsored by the neighborhood beautification organization Community Visions Unlimited.
International Marie Laveau Shrine, a preview looktag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.154151132015-03-08T22:47:38Z2015-03-09T14:29:04ZVisit the new shrine dedicated to New Orleans' legendary 19th-century voodoo priestess Marie Laveau at the New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave. Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayunehttp://connect.nola.com/user/dmaccash/index.html
Visit the new shrine dedicated to New Orleans' legendary 19th-century voodoo priestess Marie Laveau at the New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave.
Radcliffe Bailey's stunning 'Windward Coast' at the CACtag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.153736492015-03-04T15:57:58Z2015-03-04T15:57:58Z
Atlanta artist Radcliffe Bailey's installation 'Winward Coast' symbolizes the historic Middle Passage and may trigger Hurricane Katrina memories. 'Winward Coast is part of an exhibit of Bailey's recent work at the Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St. that opens with a reception from 7 to 9 Friday (March 6) and continues through June 7.
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Atlanta artist Radcliffe Bailey's installation 'Winward Coast' symbolizes the historic Middle Passage and may trigger Hurricane Katrina memories. 'Winward Coast is part of an exhibit of Bailey's recent work at the Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St. that opens with a reception from 7 to 9 Friday (March 6) and continues through June 7.
Artist Jeffrey Stenbom combats PTSD with ghostly sculpturetag:videos.nola.com,2015:/times-picayune/3235.153621802015-03-03T03:09:20Z2015-03-03T05:05:26ZWatch as artist and combat veteran Jeffrey Stenbom discusses the suite of ghostly glass sculpture that has helped him cope with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Stenbom's exhibit titled 'Thank You' is on view at the Tulane University Carroll Gallery (on the Willow Street side of campus) from March 4 to 13, 2015. Meet Stenbom at a gallery talk at 5:30 and reception until 7:30 Friday (March 6).
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Watch as artist and combat veteran Jeffrey Stenbom discusses the suite of ghostly glass sculpture that has helped him cope with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Stenbom's exhibit titled 'Thank You' is on view at the Tulane University Carroll Gallery (on the Willow Street side of campus) from March 4 to 13, 2015. Meet Stenbom at a gallery talk at 5:30 and reception until 7:30 Friday (March 6).